Marnie Morneault, a research associate at the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, has been appointed as Chair of Maine’s Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC). The ICC is a required component of the early intervention system in every state. The Maine ICC advises and works collaboratively with Child Development Services to provide […]
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The Maine Families program delivered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension has earned Blue Ribbon Affiliate status, a prestigious endorsement from Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc., (PATNC). The endorsement makes it one of the top-performing home visiting affiliates within the Parents as Teachers’ international network. Being named a Blue Ribbon Affiliate affirms that Extension’s […]
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University of Maine senior athletic training student Emily Davison took home a pair of honors at the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association (EATA) convention held Jan. 6-9 in Boston. Davison, of North Waterboro, Maine, took first place in the District 1 Quiz Bowl, a Jeopardy-style competition for students from Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education […]
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Phys.org highlighted a study from the University of Maine exploring how the first year of the pandemic affected research activities at the institution. The researchers surveyed more than 400 UMaine faculty, staff and graduate students about how the first year of living with COVID restrictions affected research activities, productivity, and health and wellness, as well […]
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Editor’s note: Updated Jan. 10, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic has been a “wicked problem” for higher education, argue researchers from the University of Maine who recently published a study exploring how the first year of the pandemic affected research activities at the institution. “Wicked problems are complex, nonlinear and unique, with a high likelihood of […]
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Sara Flanagan, University of Maine assistant professor of special education, and Rachel Brown-Chidsey, assistant professor of special education at the University of Southern Maine, have an article in the new edition of Maine Educator, the magazine of the Maine Education Association, titled “Dyslexia 101: Questions & Answers for Educators.” Dyslexia is the most common type […]
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The College Success Programs’ Tutor Program has been awarded certification as a Level 1- and 2-certified tutor training program by the internationally recognized College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). The Tutor Program has been certified for 21 years and is certified through 2026. For more than 30 years, CRLA has been a leader in learning […]
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In an article about whether small class sizes are better for student learning, South China Morning Post’s Young Post cited a study from the University of Maine and the University of Washington that found that students who didn’t engage in hands-on learning were 1.5 times more likely to fail a course than students who did.
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Season seven of “The Maine Question” podcast covered a broad variety of subjects in research and higher education. Topics ranged from archaeology to space research, and from the challenges in K–12 education to toxic forever chemicals and efforts to mitigate them. In the tenth and final episode this season, host Ron Lisnet looks back on […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Zipe Education reported on a partnership between the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development and Maine Child Development Services (CDS) that allows CDS employees to become certified as teachers of students with disabilities, birth to age 5, in just nine months. The fast-track program is designed to […]
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